From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Experiment with ebonite protective coatings for battery boxes.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 164\3\ img059 | |
| Date | 9th November 1937 | |
| HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/GEP. RC{R. Childs}/ZAP ? 6021. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC.{R. Childs}9/JH.9.11.37. Re protective coating for battery boxes. Some time ago the order office accertained that a firm of the name of Messrs. Mosely, could line our battery boxes with ebonite. As an experiment in connection with the trying out of new protective coatings for boxes we had a standard box lined with ebonite 1/32" thick. It must be noted that the ebonite wovering the insides extended over the edges and down the outer sides for a distance of ½". We now wish to try a second box treated in this manner and have obtained a standard Wraith box for this purpose. Will you please arrange for this to be done. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/RC.{R. Childs} | ||